Vol 50 No 13 | NIGERIA Hide and seek 26th June 2009 National Assembly politicians are investigating reports that tens of billions of dollars in revenue from the state-owned Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's (NNPC) foreign subsidiaries, which have accrued over...
Vol 49 No 9 | NIGERIA Unhealthy prospects 25th April 2008 If nothing else, President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua has proved wrong those critics who claimed he would be a mere puppet of his predecessor, Olusegun Obasanjo. Both men lead...
Vol 56 No 8 | NIGERIA INEC and high-tech 17th April 2015 The new technology helped combat fraud but old-fashioned politics determined the outcome The accolades heaped on Attahiru Jega and his team at the Independent National Electoral Commission for organising the country's most credible elections to date make much of the...
Vol 61 No 9 | NIGERIAHEALTHCOVID-19 Kudos to the health-workers 30th April 2020 Despite grandstanding by some senior politicians, it is the doctors and nurses who are winning public support in the fight against the coronavirus Criticisms are mounting about the lack of a coherent national strategy to manage the coronavirus pandemic. The missing piece is effective leadership from the national task force, under...
Vol 52 No 2 | NIGERIA Jonathan’s primary colours 21st January 2011 Winning the PDP’s presidential nomination looks easier for Goodluck Jonathan than establishing himself as a truly national politician President Goodluck Jonathan clinched the presidential nomination of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on 14 January with an unexpected 77% of the votes. Jonathan, the insiders quickly learned,...